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. >> the same that dick lugar did, and john kerry, joe biden to last a blunt about this. barack obama had taken that position the reality was, it was another backdoor attempt, and jim webb put it on the record. another backdoor attempt of the administration of george bush and on rumsfeld and dick cheney to say now we have a reason to go to war. that is the first time we have ever singled out any entity and any other country as a terrorist organization and said, okay, we have to single them out. >> thi of e sete voted for that position. >> let me ask you, marc. is the irg a terrorist organization or not? >> i do not know. >> let him finish the answer. >> i do know this. i know when it was politically and realistically. was it an attempt to give more strength to an administration that had taken us into a war that was a disaster, which has been a disaster, and which has left the united states even more isolated and strengthen iran? because of the invasion and occupation of iraq, iran is a more dominant, influential, and stronger flow in the world. >> immigration reform. repu
. >> the same that dick lugar did, and john kerry, joe biden to last a blunt about this. barack obama had taken that position the reality was, it was another backdoor attempt, and jim webb put it on the record. another backdoor attempt of the administration of george bush and on rumsfeld and dick cheney to say now we have a reason to go to war. that is the first time we have ever singled out any entity and any other country as a terrorist organization and said, okay, we have to single...
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>> i think the camera followed joe biden all day. he would seem to be having the time of his life. he is. he's just somebody who brings great joy to his position. i mean he doesn't talk about the burdens of office or the agony of loneliness of decision-making or anything of the sort. he really does enjoy the people and enjoys the people he talks to. he enjoys the people in politics. there's nothing condescending, patronizing about him. and i just think today he was having the time of his life. he has a wonderful family that obviously cares deeply about him. >> ifill: aside from the president who turned around and took that last long look and said this is the last time i'll be able to do this, you don't get a sense from joe biden that he thinks this is his last rodeo >> i think he's thinking about having a future >> ifill: he's 70 years old very healthy. he would be up there hugging 800,000 if he could. i've never heard him say anything about anybody. he loves everybody. so he's vigorous and so maybe he does have a future. certainly there's no evidence of him slowing down >> ifill:
>> i think the camera followed joe biden all day. he would seem to be having the time of his life. he is. he's just somebody who brings great joy to his position. i mean he doesn't talk about the burdens of office or the agony of loneliness of decision-making or anything of the sort. he really does enjoy the people and enjoys the people he talks to. he enjoys the people in politics. there's nothing condescending, patronizing about him. and i just think today he was having the time of his...
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in paris today, vice president joe biden praised president hole-and-e's decision to intervene. >> let me say on behalf o president and the people of the united states we applaud your decisiveness, and i might add the incredible competence and capability of your french military forces. >> warner: on saturday the french president visited timbuktu and received a hero's welcome. he was joined by the head of the u.n. cultural heritage agency unesco. together they toured the ancient city's famed sites including its grand mosque built in the 14th century and this library once filled with priceless centuries old manuscripts. the manuscripts were initially feared to have been burned but the fast majority were safed. >> what we did was to liberate and sure that cultural places but also heritage elements like the manuscripts are protected and face guarded. >> warner: not as fortunate were these medieval maasly yums recognized as world treasures. the islamists deemed them eye toll truss shrines. last july they hacked many of them into rubble. today rebels opposed to the islamists and the governme
in paris today, vice president joe biden praised president hole-and-e's decision to intervene. >> let me say on behalf o president and the people of the united states we applaud your decisiveness, and i might add the incredible competence and capability of your french military forces. >> warner: on saturday the french president visited timbuktu and received a hero's welcome. he was joined by the head of the u.n. cultural heritage agency unesco. together they toured the ancient...
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this president runs his foreign policy with tom donelan national security advisor, joe biden, dennis mcdonough out of the white house to a large extent, larger than most presidents have since back to nixon. and i think both chuck hagel and brennan will be part of a team but very much in the mold of taking orders on the big decisions from the white house. with senator hague until he's confirmed really focuses, as david said, on managing the building, trying to find a way to rorm the mission, post-9/11 world and a world with more orientation towards asia. but clearly with a premium put on defense cuts and if the sequester isn't worked out, maybe defense cuts right away. >> rose: hagel was a businessman before he became a politician. does she management skills? >> that's an open question. people are just now deviling into the business career. it's certainly there's -- look, there's almost no management challenge in the country like managing that building. there's complexities involved. frequently people use the metaphor of how difficult it is to turn an aircraft carrier. there's a lot o
this president runs his foreign policy with tom donelan national security advisor, joe biden, dennis mcdonough out of the white house to a large extent, larger than most presidents have since back to nixon. and i think both chuck hagel and brennan will be part of a team but very much in the mold of taking orders on the big decisions from the white house. with senator hague until he's confirmed really focuses, as david said, on managing the building, trying to find a way to rorm the mission,...
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gun control advocates after listening to the president and joe biden and democrats after newtown and these tragedies were disappointed. they learned this week that a an assault weapons ban won't be included in the bill. that high capacity milks won't be included. they'll get votes but those will probably go down. background checks is a big issue the white house. harry reid is saying it will be included in the bill means that a democratic place holder -- that there has been a lot of negotiations over background checks with conservative replicas. stloz failed so far. harry reid is saying this is going to be in the base bill we put on the floor. republicans, if you want that out, negotiate with us because this bill if it's going to pass is going to pass with some form of strengthened background checks in it. this is our hard position. the white house is going to be pleased with that, of course that makes you wonder later what can the conservative house actually get passed. >> woodruff: so a helping hand for the senate majority leader? >> for gun control advocates, absolutely. after some
gun control advocates after listening to the president and joe biden and democrats after newtown and these tragedies were disappointed. they learned this week that a an assault weapons ban won't be included in the bill. that high capacity milks won't be included. they'll get votes but those will probably go down. background checks is a big issue the white house. harry reid is saying it will be included in the bill means that a democratic place holder -- that there has been a lot of negotiations...
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biden who between them have about 70 years of experience in the congress. that's remarkable.xd >> and by all account this is didn't come up during the previous week when they were involved in it. then he went up to the residence and called them last fridayñr night. but the common thread this through this is that congress ir a wild card. the house republicans are a wild card. you have an institution where even their own leaders-- speaker john boehner and majority leader ericñr cantor-- have this year failed to their own surprise to get through their own pet legislation and mutinies on their own side causedÑi those votes. and so we have a president who's not only has= rating than anyñ2háime in his presidency but in their own districtÑi is just hugely unpopularÑi. this is not -- from a political standpoint, this is an easy call for house republicans. >> jackie, if heñr lose thisñr - i hate to exaggerate these things-- but does he become anÑi impotent president? does it affect other issues? >> it mostÑi certainly does. the irony is, his entire first
biden who between them have about 70 years of experience in the congress. that's remarkable.xd >> and by all account this is didn't come up during the previous week when they were involved in it. then he went up to the residence and called them last fridayñr night. but the common thread this through this is that congress ir a wild card. the house republicans are a wild card. you have an institution where even their own leaders-- speaker john boehner and majority leader ericñr cantor--...
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biden and chris dodd and john edwards and hillary clinton all voted in 2002 to go to war against iraq. and it was unpopular. now, if you vote with barack obama in 2013, will it be the kiss of death in 2016 for the republicans? so i mean, it's a very, very politically-- politically it's incredibly thorny. >> historically, presidents have been able to rally public opinion and congressional opinion. i think that's much less true today, especially in washingt. this is not that washington anymore where you had a whole bunch of republicans, especially, who are basically national security whrons are going to support an intervention. those republicans are really a very small number here. the democrats have-- >> woodruff: iraq changed that. >> before iraq, on the democratic side, you had a number of democrats who would support intervention for human rights and humanitarian. but now, iraq has changed that. so that number is smaller. and so on both republican and dpaement side, you have less instinctual support for a presidential interengz. >> woodruff: but, mark, you're arguing he should have g
biden and chris dodd and john edwards and hillary clinton all voted in 2002 to go to war against iraq. and it was unpopular. now, if you vote with barack obama in 2013, will it be the kiss of death in 2016 for the republicans? so i mean, it's a very, very politically-- politically it's incredibly thorny. >> historically, presidents have been able to rally public opinion and congressional opinion. i think that's much less true today, especially in washingt. this is not that washington...